Box particularly for needle-shaped objects



Feb. 2 1926.

E. 3. EGELHN BOX PARTICULARLY FOR NEEDLE SHAPED OBJECTS Filed Sept.

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UNITED STATES 1,511,399- PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST CONNY EGELIN, OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, ASSIGNOR TO AKTIEBOLAGET AUTO- PINS, OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, A CORPORATION.

BOX PARTIUULARLY FOR NEEDLE-SHAPED OBJECTS. l

Application led September 7, 1923. Serial No. 661,494.

.in disordered masses into casings. In both 'cases inconveniences arise as to a quick and .handy seizure of the pin. The paper must be developed and the casing opened, before the pin can be withdrawn, which presentsin addition to the waste of time caused thereby the inconvenience that both hands must generally be used. Obviously, this involves a drawback, because the object, for instance a paper, a piece of stuff or the like, in to which the pin is to be put, is often' held in the onehand. As to the latter casethe casin -the further inconvenience is presente that it is very troublesome to remove by the fingers but one of the small pins. Generally, at the first grasp a greater or smaller number of pins is inadvertently obtained and often under very disagreeable stings in the fingers. Finally, the pin must,

when grasped, generally be arranged in a position suitable for the use (for instance turned), so that the head of the pin will be grasped.

The present invention has for its'object to avoid the above-mentioned drawbacks, so as to obtain by a single and simple grasp but one pin and, besides, in a position suitable for the use.

The invention consists, chiefly, of a box comprising two parts movable with relation to one another and, normally, held separated by' spring-action, said parts containing partly a holder provided with seats for the objects, partly a check device for the said holder and partly an abutment for the objects movable with relation to the holder, said abutment causing the objects, when moving the parts of the casing toget-her, to successively project through an opening in the box in a position suitable for a handy grasp. The check device may, preferably, be carried out in such manner that a plurality 'of objects are simultaneously located within the same, and the objects may, preferably, be arranged in spiral form in the holder.

In the annexed drawing two forms of embodiment of a box according to the invention and adapted for pins arel shown. Fig. 1 is a cross-section of the box along the line A-B of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a sectionialong the line C-D of Fig. 1. 3 shows a modified driving device for the pin holder. Fig. 4 shows the said pin holder viewed from above.

In the form of embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and `2, 1 designates theupper and 2 the lower part of the box. The said parts are hinged to one another at 3 and-held by the `spring' 4 in the separated position shown.

Pivotaly attached to the upper part 1 is by means of a screw 5 a. cylinder 6 .forming a 'journal fort-he sleeve-like holder 8 for the pins 9, said holder having. flanges 7, Connected to a journal 10 rotatably mounted in the cylinder 6 and rigidly securedv to the holder 8 isthe one end of a spiral spring 11, the other end of `which is securedto a pin 12 connected to thecvlinder 6. The said spring tends. for one thing. to rotate the holder 8 with` the pins .9 in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2, and, for the other, to turn the cylinder 6 .with the holder 8 about the screw 5 in the same direction. As apparent from Fig.` 2, the holes 13 for the pins 9 are in the form of embodiment` shown arranged in spiral, and the outermost pin is checked by a pawl 14 placed in the part l of the box, the check surface of said pawl being located, measured in the longitudinal direction of the pin, right beneath anopening 15 in the cover of the part 1. 4Secured to vthe lower part 2 of the box is an abutment 16, against which the point of the vvpin abuts,

`when moving .the parte 1 and`2 together,

the pin being moved out through the opening 15 in the part 1, so aste be easily grasped at the head. Thus, if a pin be wanted, the upper part 1 of the box isV simply lto be pressed downwards bythe hand and the p-in is automatically moved upwards between the fingers, and as mentioned, in a position suitable for theuse. The parts 1 and 2 are then by the action ofthe spring 4 moved` apart and, smultaneous1y,'t e holder 8 with the the axis of rotation thereof, an abutment ing a rotary motion to said holder and for moving said holder in adirection towards the abutment, and a check device intermittently arresting said rotary holder in a position in which an object to be seized is l0- cated in front of said abutment so that upon forcing the movable parts together the object is forced out ot' the holder proper and thus made easily accessible.

8. An apparatus according to claim 7, characterized by the driving means for the holder being disposed within the holder in such manner as to tend, for one instance, to turn the holder about its axis of rotation and, for the other, to swing the holder about the said eccentrically placed axis in a direction towards the said check device.

9. An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by the check device being so constructed as to grasp simultaneously over a plurality of objects.

10. An apparatus according to claim 7, characterized by the check device being so constructed as to grasp simultaneously over a plurality of objects.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ERNST CONNY EGELIN. 

